Beyond Co-Production: Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership
- Feb 24
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 5
Saturday, 28 March 2026
9:00am - 1:00pm
In-Person at The Institute of Group Analysis
1 Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5BY
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Facilitator - David Gilbert
David Gilbert is the Founder of InHealth Associates, author of The Patient Revolution: How We Can Heal the Health System, and a recognised pioneer in patient (lived experience) leadership.
He brings over forty years’ experience working in health services, with a particular focus on co-production, participation, and system change. David was the first Patient (Lived Experience) Director appointed in the NHS, helping to establish the role of lived experience leadership at a senior strategic level.
He now works internationally supporting organisations to embed patient leadership and co-production in meaningful and transformative ways.
For more information, please visit: www.inhealthassociates.co.uk
Overview
This interactive half-day masterclass explores patient (lived experience) leadership as a vital and often missing element of true co-production.
While co-production has become a widely used principle in healthcare and organisational development, leadership by people with lived experience remains marginal. This masterclass invites participants to explore how lived experience leadership reshapes traditional power dynamics, deepens participation, and enables more authentic collaboration and change.
The session will combine theoretical input, reflective discussion, and experiential learning within a group-analytic framework.
Learning Aims
By the end of the masterclass, participants will have the opportunity to:
Learn about the emergence of patient (lived experience) leadership as a key paradigm for health and beyond, and its role in true co- production and power transformation
Explore what people with lived experience bring – the “jewels from the caves of suffering” – and how these translate into authentic leadership qualities
Identify opportunities and roles for lived experience leadership, and consider it as a framework for career progression
Explore how lived experience leadership can be embedded in organisations and systems, and the support needed to thrive
Gain practical tools and resources to support participants’ next steps
Use reflective space to explore how to embed lived experience leadership in participants’ own contexts.
The group-analytic format provides a space to think together about leadership, authority, and participation.
Fees
Patients/Service users or carers: £30
IGA Trainees: £30
IGA Members: £40
Healthcare Professionals: £60
There are five free lived experience places (first- come, first-served) - These have now been allocated, but if you wish to be added to a waiting list should any become available, please contact Vasili Magalios, fcconvenor@groupanalysis-uk.co.uk
Max. 30 places available, so book now to avoid disappointment!